The Phantoms took an early seven-point lead after a quarter, doubled it at halftime, and made it stand up in a 54-39 decision of the Trojans. The win, punctuated by DeAndre Gadsen’s three 3-point bombs and game-high 18 points, moved Phoenixville (6-4) a half-game ahead of Pottstown (6-5) and into second place in the Frontier Division.

Gadsen got offensive help from Marcus Howell and Victor Bozzelli, who had 11 and 10 points, respectively.

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Pottstown only had five players get into the scoring column. Denzel Harvey had 17 to lead the way, while Reon Astheimer added 10.

Spring-Ford 71, Owen J. Roberts 45: Spring-Ford opened up a 40-17 lead at halftime and was never threatened in the second half en route to a PAC-10 win over visiting Owen J. Roberts.

The Rams (8-4), who remain a half-game back of second-place Methacton in the Liberty Division, got 14 points from Zameer McDowell, 13 from Matt O’Hara, and 10 from Nick Stanek in the win.

Owen J. Roberts’ Matt Crider, one of the area’s leading scorers, paced the Wildcats (2-9) with 14 points.

Governor Mifflin 53, Daniel Boone 36: Governor Mifflin broke open a tight game with a 20-10 spurt over the final eight minutes to defeat Daniel Boone in a Berks Conference game. The Blazers (3-4, 8-12 overall) got a career-high 13 points from Dan Downs, with Stephon Williams adding six points to the guests’ balanced scoring.

Perkiomen School 72, Phelps 49: Phelps School put four players in double figures en route to an easy win over visiting Perkiomen School.

Phelps led 22-7 after the first quarter and 41-12 at halftime, then opened the lead even further in the second half of the Panthers, who got a game-high 21 points from Justas Valciukas and 13 more from Antonio Coleman.

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Spring-Ford 70, Owen J. Roberts 31: Spring-Ford bolted to a 52-15 lead at halftime and coasted past host Owen J. Roberts to clinch the Liberty Division and remain unbeaten in the PAC-10.

Governor Mifflin 58, Daniel Boone 49: Kelly Howiszak had 15 points for the Blazers, but Mifflin star Emily Gingrich scored 13 of her 23 in the fourth quarter to lift the Mustangs in the Berks Conference contest.

Perkiomen School 53, George School 23: Perkiomen School’s Nicole Pupillo and Kristen Burdo combined for 26 of their team’s 32 first-half points as the Indians eased by visiting George School for a non-league win.

Pupillo finished with a game-high 22 points, with Burdo adding 19 more. Teammate Stephanie Falcone also had a strong game with eight points for Perkiomen, which led 32-8 at the break.

The Bears, who led the entire game and improved to 6-8 (9-10 overall), also got 10 points from freshman Alyssa Polimeni in stopping the Green Terror (5-9, 8-11).

rsinus led the entire game, including a 17-point lead at 48-31 with 10:47 left in the contest.

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McCloskey remembered: Alvernia University will celebrate the life of the late Jack McCloskey — the former Crusaders coach and former Boyertown boys basketball coach — during a special ceremony between tonight’s men’s and women’s doubleheader against crosstown rival Albright. The celebration will take place between games at approximately 7:30 p.m. and will include a special announcement from Alvernia president Thomas Flynn.

The ceremony will be streamed live and can be found at http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/Alvernia.portal#.

BOYS SWIMMING

Owen J. Roberts 96, Phoenixville 75: Owen J. Roberts’ Colin Bauer, Matt Terrell and Basil Mokhallatati all won an individual event and contributed to a winning relay to lead the Wildcats to the PAC-10 win.

Bauer won the 100-yard freestyle (53.21) and Terrell took the 200 IM (2:12.63), and both swam on the winning 200 medley relay. Mokhallatati set the pace in the 200 free (1:55.77) and led off the victorious 200 free relay for the Wildcats (4-1, 8-1 overall).

Phoenixville got wins from Jake Luzins in the 50 free (23.75), Jan Aclanin the 100 backstroke (1:02.17) and Josh Ziev in the 100 breaststroke (1;16.55). All three also helped the 400 free relay to a first place for the Phantoms (1-4).

Perkiomen Valley 96, Pottsgrove 55: Logan Thorneloe swept two events and contributed to a pair of winning relays to lead Perkiomen Valley over Pottsgrove in a PAC-10 meet. Thorneloe won the 200 IM (2;17.27) and 100 fly (59.97) and swam a leg on the winning 200 medley and 200 free relays for the PAC-10 co-leading Vikings (5-0).

Pottsgrove also got two individual wins from Morgan Schreiber in the 200 free (1:56.47) and 100 back (58.64). Schreiber also anchored the 400 relay to a win for the Falcons (0-5).

Boyertown 104, Upper Perkiomen 66: Cody Weiler led Boyertown with four wins as the Bears held off Upper Perkiomen to remain undefeated in the PAC-10 (5-0) and improve to 9-1 overall.

Weiler touched first in the 50 free (22.87) and the 100 free (51.12) and anchored the Bears’ winning 200 medley and 200 free relays. The Bears’ Steve Miller won the 200 IM (2:03.11), Chase Renninger won the 100 back (54.92), and Russell Lambert took the 100 breast (1:03.24).

Jason Mercando was a double-winner for the Indians (3-2), taking the 200 free (1:52.73) and the 500 free (5:13.17), while Mason Cassel won the 100 fly 53.90).

Perkiomen School 87, Valley Forge MA 77: Keyed by five individual firsts and two winning relays, the Panthers outswam Valley Forge Military Academy in their non-league meet.

Heading individual events for Perkiomen were Zachary Weil in the 200 freestyle (2:03.44), Nelson Bade in the 50 freestyle (24.81), Hyun Chang Lee in the 100 butterfly (1:08.220, Juan Carlos Sierra-Cosme in the 100 freestyle (57.41) and Aiden Novitski in the 500 freestyle (6:43.2). The locals also took the 200 freestyle (1:51.84) and 400 freestyle relays (3:38.40), with Sierra, Weil and Bade swimming legs of the 400 free.

Gerhart won the 200 free (2:12.20) and Christman took the 100 free (1:01.25). Both swam on the winning 200 free relay for the Wildcats (4-1, 7-2 overall), who got other individual wins from Emily Brunton (diving) and Andre Shade (100 breast). Anna Fedoris tied Phoenixville’s Eileen Butler in the 50 free (26.93).

Phoenixville (2-3) was led by Erin McElwee’s double in the 200 IM (2:22.44) and 100 back (1:03.73). She also helped the 200 medley and 400 free relays to wins. Sisters Shawna Moore (100 fly) and Devonne Moore (500 free) were individual winners and contributors on both of the relays.

Perkiomen Valley 101, Pottsgrove 48: Perkiomen Valley’s depth provided six different individual winners and two relay victories in a PAC-10 win over Pottsgrove.

The Vikings, who improved to 3-2, did get double from Mariana Bernal (50 free), who also helped the 200 medley relay to a win, and a triple from Allie Bonsall (100 fly), who helped that 200 medley relay as well as the 200 free relay to victories.

Pottsgrove, which slipped to 0-5, got its three wins from Courtney Sheffer (100), Mackenzie Gross (100 breast) and its 400 free relay, which included Sheffer.

Boyertown 105, Upper Perkiomen 58: Taylor Cisik led the Boyertown girls with four wins in a PAC-10 win as the Bears swept all but won event to up their record to 4-1 (6-4 overall).

Cisik took first in the 200 IM (2:19.62) and 100 fly (1:06.56) and swam on the winning 200 medley and 200 free relays. The Bears’ Laura Simpson had three wins, taking the 200 free (2:02.80) and the 100 free (56.99) and helping on the winning 200 free relay. Lily Fanok took the 50 free, Courtney Reiss the 500 free, Paige Slowik the 100 back. and Olivia Savino the 100 breast.